I’ll be sure to post when I find a provider on the inum list that provides an inum and inbound use without a fee.. until then it’s a bait n switch scam

callcentric inum is free when you don’t live in the USA for e911 recovery fee *nod* *wink*. If you do live in the USA it will cost $5. callcentric, however, does really offer free SIP URI calls. Callcentric provides its own set of PSTN gateway numbers for fee-calling [not free] or for calling other SIP/iNum callcentric clients. There were too many characters needed in a dialstring for my phone but it is likely possible with the new $50/mo data penalty “smart” phones.

I don’t expect free service arbitrarily; I do however expect integrity. Stand by your offer.

updated: corrections applied. Callcentric is free when you don’t “live” in the USA 😉 FonSwitch is always free inum no crazy e911 recovery fee AND they allow you to choose an iNum to your liking from a block of iNums.

Actually free iNum SIP providers

callcentric

free iNum

no SIP SIMPLE presence

must emulate presence with jabber [XMPP] (softphones)

free voicemail

server side filtering [limited]

web UA registration status

no SIP trace

fonswitch

free iNum

SIP SIMPLE presence

free voicemail

no server side filtering

web UA registration status

no SIP trace

voxalot basic

free iNum (provider iNum prefix + usernumber)

unknown SIP SIMPLE presence

unknown voicemail freeness

unknown server side filtering

web UA registration status

no SIP trace

I earnestly appreciate being corrected; I own- and apologize for my errors. One gains nothing by willful ignorance.

I’m always on the look out for ways for friends’ families money to keep in touch (internationally) inexpensively. For those who have free incoming mobile calls (UK/EU?)I would hope incoming SIP calls would be similarly free; iNum fits the bill nicely as the dialing party [ultimately] need not fuss with PSTN gateways or codes. Rather than suggesting they invest in an excellent headset I suggest they opt for an ATA for “normal” phones. ITSP and similar are kind enough to provide the free SIP calls, peering aside, it’s a “do a good turn daily” opportunity. I have been recommending the SPA2102 with latest Cisco firmware for home users behind cheap ISP CPE (with joyously crippleware NAT) other suggestions will be warmly received. Verizon FIOS westell gateways are the worst for ATA behind NAT with ‘SIP ALG’ that is nearly impossible to disable depending on firmware- and hardware versions. It seems walled garden is not far enough; FIOS gateways seem hell bent on raping SIP.

all the same I shall continue shopping for another ATA until I can convince Orgasmatron to play nicely in someone’s Virtual Machine… maybe my SPA2102 (fw 5.2.10) cannot play nicely with the new SS date format 😦